Apple-veteran går till GoPro

GoPro Inc. wooed an Apple Inc. veteran to head its design efforts, sending shares of the action-camera maker to their best day in almost two years.

Danny Coster, who has worked for Apple for more than 20 years and holds more than 500 design patents, will become GoPro’s vice president of design starting at the end of April and report directly to Chief Executive Officer Nick Woodman, the San Mateo, California-based company said Wednesday in a statement. It’s a rare defection from the elite and secretive industrial design team at the iPhone maker.